The Girl Next Door Podcast

Let's talk fall reading! We share what we've read and loved lately and what's on our fall TBRs. Plus, what our kids have been reading. We end with our recent memorable reading moments. Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon , we each share three books we can't stop thinking about. See full show notes on our website: Fall Bookshelf Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoor We...

Friends, it's time. Fall Extravaganza time! This year we're getting ghosty. We go down our childhood ghost memory lanes, debate the current ghost trend, and we have two ghost quizzes to take. Plus we're trying ghost treats and of course have the traditional candle sniffing and exchanging of Falliday gifts. Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon , we share the things and memories that haunt us. Se...

Down, set, hike! Huddle up as Erica gives Kelsey the play by play of becoming a football fan. We both recount our own football fan memory lanes before Coach Ladd breaks down the rules of the game for us. Along the way, we talk about what snacks to serve when watching football and how to encourage football family culture. Plus, Kelsey gets football homework. Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon...

Are you there, Fall? It's us, the Girls Next Door. Despite lingering heat, we try to invite fall into our lives with our autumnal agendas. We chat about our fall schedule landscapes, how we'll fall-ify our homes, and our fall intentions. Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon , we each share our fall fails. See full show notes on our website: Designing Fall Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsn...

Hello from the Midwest! Today we compare notes on Midwest culture and beloved quirks. Erica reports as a native and Kelsey chimes in as a newcomer. Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon , we're each sharing what we think is the funniest thing about Midwesterners. See full show notes on our website: Midwest Postcard Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoor We love to get your emails: higirl...

With fresh school supplied and a return to routines, the back to school season is one of our favorites. We catch you up on what the school year and the return to routines look like for our families. We also share our best advice for parents this time of year. Then Kelsey has an emotional moment during our school supply show-and-share seeing the splendor of Erica's planner caddy. In our extended ve...

We're leaning into the tangible and screen-free. We chat about how we're embracing the "in real life" lately from phone boundaries, to socializing without social media, and our personal dopamenus. Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon , we give gold stars to the things are actually way better online. Our past episodes on this topic: Social Media & Swimsuit Season , Kids & Screen Time Con...

We join the chorus of parents everywhere as we declare, "This is why we can't have nice things!" From furniture to travel to eating out and more, we share the nice things we can't have. Plus, how to set reasonable expectations so that we can have some nice things. Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon , we ask another age-old parenting question: "Can we just not?" See full show notes on our webs...

We're raising a glass of something cold and fizzy to wish you a happy summer! We walk down soda memory lane and share what beverages we enjoy currently. Plus how drinking habits around alcohol lately. Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon , we're talking about CBD and THC. Show notes: Fizzy Fun Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoor We love to get your emails: higirlsnextdoor@gmail.com Y...

We wrap up our Good Neighbor series talking about being neighborly as a nation. Along the way, Mrs. Ladd gives us a lesson in how the Constitution applies to our everyday modern lives and we share what gives us our America feeling. Plus, patriotic latelies. This full episode is for everyone. Happy 4th of July to our fellow Americans!! See full show notes on our website: Neighborly Nation Connect w...

We continue our Good Neighbor series talking about how we connect with neighbors and build community. We share what life is like in Gilbert, AZ, how well we know our neighbors, and how politics intersects with being neighborly. Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon , we share times we've had conversations with neighbors across a political divide. See full show notes on our website: Won't You Be...

To celebrate America's 250th birthday this summer, we're kicking off a three-part Good Neighbor series. Today we chat about raising good neighbors: how we talk to our kids about current events, protecting our own peace, and the important work of making home a haven. In our extended episode just for Friends of the Show on Patreon , we share the times when we've encountered very bad neighbor behavio...

We're two midlife ladies and we want to tell you all about it! We chat about hair and skin, wardrobes, hobbies, health, relationships, and more. Plus what we give no Fs about anymore. It's like a pleasantly scented bowl of midlife lady wood chips and dried flower buds. Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon , we're sharing the surprising signs of middle age that we've noticed. See full show notes...

If you need some cleaning motivation, this episode will get you going! We share our favorite cleaning products, our cleaning routines, and some satisfying and quick deep-cleans. Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon , we both share the most disgusting places in our homes. One of us hope the shame of sharing will motivate her to finally address the issue. See full show notes on our website: Clean...

We love a deep dive chat about everyday topics and today we're talking about routines! We chat morning, evening, and kid routines. Plus routines around those always cycling things: laundry and food. Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon , we're chatting about weird routines and the routines we have around our monthly in-person book club. See show notes on our website: Everyday Routines Connect w...

Your favorite Not Fun Moms are back to design another summer with you! We chat about summer hopes and plans, what our kids will be up to, and how we'll beat the heat. Plus we chat about summer wardrobes. Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon , we're talking about what we're dreading the most about summer. See show notes on our website: Designing Our Summers Connect with us on Instagram: @higirls...

So, how's it going parenting four tweens and teens between us? We'll tell you! From what's lovely about teens to living with teenage roommates and the shifts we're making in our parenting. Plus the lessons we want them to learn before leaving the house. Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon , we hear from the tweens and teens themselves! They share what they're into lately and give their reviews...

From our family table to yours, we have an honest episode about that ever-important and burdensome daily meal: damn dinner! We chat about the state of dinner in our households and what we're actually feeding out families. We dissect what makes dinner so damn hard and share some little actions we can take to make dinner better. Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon , we're sharing our recent dinn...

To celebrate our anniversaries, we're talking about tending to our marriages. We chat about how we're finding time together with our husbands in this season and what we like to do on dates. We also chat about the hobbies we share and might like to get into. As a treat for Friends of the Show on Patreon , we are bringing you the Husbands Next Door! One of them described our marriage as a borg. The...

It's time for our Spring Bookshelf episode. We check in on our reading lives and Erica's daily nonfic reading. We share what we've read, are reading, and what's on deck. Plus, what our kids are reading. Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon , we're diving into how we're managing our book queues, troubleshooting Kelsey's challenges in this area, and we have some real talk about Goodreads (side-ey...

Sports moms, this one is for you! We chat about our experience parenting our kids through sports so far: what sports they've tried and what they're doing now. Then we compare notes and share our best tips for different challenges that come up with kid sports, and what we love about watching our kids in sports. And, we talk about how to gear up to be your best sports mom self! Just for Friends of t...

Spring has arrived in the desert and we made an episode to celebrate! We chat about what spring is like here and how it always catches us by surprise, reminisce about new motherhood memories, and motivate ourselves for some disgusting spring cleaning. Just for Friends of the Show , we have a spring Would You Rather quiz that gets predictably ridiculous. See full show notes on our website: girlnext...

We thought it was time for a real-time life update and hope this episode feels like a coffee date with friends. We touch on parenting, work, homeschool, the state of the world, and how we're making time for what matters to us. Just for Friends of the Show , we'll be telling you all about our recent three-night podcast retreat! From what we did and ate to a cheese emergency and our favorite Winter...

Join us on a musical adventure as we explore the soundtracks of our lives thus far: from our childhoods through angsty teen years, falling in love with our spouses, and becoming parents. Just for Friends of the Show , there was one song on both of our discographies that was so impactful we need to do a deep dive with you, and maybe sing along together too. Of course we are talking about Gangsta's...

Today we have a lot to stay about listening to music. From our different experiences growing up with music to how we listen today and how musical we are (or aren't). Plus we meander through musical gate-keeping and the joy of vibe playlist. Friends of the Show can listen to us chat about how our kids are listening to music. Spicy opinions ahead! See full show notes on our website: Listening to Mus...